I'm not new. I'm just here to say that I'm the same queer-friendly Pan from a couple years ago that sponsored anarcho-capitalism and loosely spread Aristotelianism as a dogmatism. I've made a few steps left and don't care nearly as much anymore. Hope I can make some fun of this place and stick around!

Yeah, objective standards don't work when you figure in people. What really took me out of it was reexamining ownership and the natural disparities that arise in a bourgeois-proletariat divide. The only reason I was a capitalist is because I didn't examine nearly enough of my cultural assumptions and delusions, and I'm only now really moving away from materialism in general.

I used to lurk here when I was procrastinating a couple of years ago, 2014/15 or thereabouts. I'd completely forgotten about the site until it randomly popped into my head a few nights ago, glad to see it's still ticking over somewhat.

Tbh I'm down to discuss whatever prevents me from having to complete outstanding assignments.

Australian, hobbies include boxing and social soccer.

As for books/movies etc. I finished reading Hyperion the other day and would heartily recommend it, regardless of your personal feelings toward sci-fi. Probably the best fiction I've read in years.

Haha I'm a fan of the barrier reef! I'd assume you're referring to our last prime minister who was going to allow dumping of some kind of waste on the reef? Not really sure where that all ended up after it left the news cycle tbh. It's obviously a very emotive issue given how tied up it is with our national self image, on the basis of what I've heard (basically not much more than I've written above) I haven't been able to form much of an opinion.

The reef is worth preservation for the tourism it brings in as well as the intangible benefits of being able to view such natural wonders. On the other hand I'm not sure what degree of damage would have resulted from what was proposed (or is currently going on), there is obviously some cost/benefit analysis to be done there and I'm just not read up enough on it.

All that being said, I'm told the whole reef will be bleached relatively soon from warming oceans and that's not something Aussie decision makers can do much about, so get here soon if it's a bucket list thing for you!

What policies, social issues or other are you interested in discussing?

Britain and British culture, and all that encompasses both. I'm in favour of creating a British Corporatist State, economic protectionism, and reversing the current multiculturalism and multiracialism in the UK.